Establishing Harmony Between Animals and People - Watching the Movie "Genius Glasses Dog"

Shortly after the Yulin Summer Solstice Lychee Dog Meat Festival, when the "war" between dog lovers and local citizens in Yulin had not completely faded, I casually clicked on a movie on the Internet called "Genius Glasses Dog". I don't want to say anything about this somewhat protracted "war", it seems that there are different reasons, no one can convince anyone, I just want to talk about this movie.

Movies are cartoons, but they are worth watching for all humans, adults and children. What is more interesting is that the dog, Mr. Peabody, is the protagonist of this movie, is Sherman's father, not the biological father, is the adoptive father, Peabody adopted Sherman.

It can be said that the story is more exciting and there are many things to see. First, the characters in the movie are more "cute", unlike other cartoons, the characters are the kind of people with big eyes and big heads. The second is that the film involves "crossing", because there is a time shuttle, you can see Leonardo da Vinci, you can also participate in a classic war like the Trojan horse. The third is science fiction, a time shuttle machine is not enough, and there is a plane made by Leonardo da Vinci and a robot. The fourth is adventure, the girl Penny originally thought that she would enjoy glory and wealth by becoming the girlfriend of the Egyptian pharaoh, but she did not want to become a martyr and almost lost her life in the pyramid. These are the more popular elements nowadays, all of which come together and add a lot of brilliance to this movie.

What I want to explore is the matter of dogs and people, because of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, because the animal protection people almost had a fierce conflict with the local residents. In general, we regard the dog as an appendage of man, that is, a pet dog, the dog is favored by its own spirituality and friendliness with people, and although the dog is mentioned to the height of human companionship, it will always be an appendage of man. This movie subverts this reality, making the dog a very important role, becoming Sherman's father, such a dog, in the real society, can not exist, can only exist in people's illusions, can only exist in the movie. This is not an ordinary dog, very intelligent, a genius, a genius who has never been seen before, a genius who has never come after, he wears glasses, one purpose is to show his intelligence, the other purpose is to show his "cuteness". Yes, this is not right, this is not normal, how can a dog be a human father? But cinema belongs to art, and art can be fictionalized, and there is such an outcome.

On the contrary, this is a cartoon that children can understand and are willing to watch. In the eyes of children, people and animals are originally friends, they have language, feelings, love and hatred, this is the perspective of children, "the beginning of man, the nature of goodness" perspective. This is true of movies, as well as in literary works such as fables and fairy tales.

It is also based on this thinking that I would like to persuade those who eat dog meat that you have such a right, because the law does not prohibit it, but you should not choose such a bloody scene on the street, naked in front of the eyes of the public, but like a slaughtered cow, in the processing plant, so that perhaps to alleviate the contradiction to a certain extent.

People and dogs, people and other animals, live together on the earth, we are all the masters of the earth, we live in harmony, like the genius glasses dog and Sherman together "hi", isn't that good?

June 29, 2014